Algae Biotechnology Products and Processes
This book examines the utilization of algae for the development of useful products and processes with the emphasis towards green technologies and processes, and the requirements to make these viable. Serving as a complete reference guide to the production
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Faizal Bux Yusuf Chisti Editors
Algae Biotechnology Products and Processes
Green Energy and Technology
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Faizal Bux Yusuf Chisti •
Editors
Algae Biotechnology Products and Processes
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Editors Faizal Bux Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology Durban University of Technology Durban South Africa
ISSN 1865-3529 Green Energy and Technology ISBN 978-3-319-12333-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-12334-9
Yusuf Chisti Massey University Palmerston North New Zealand
ISSN 1865-3537
(electronic)
ISBN 978-3-319-12334-9
(eBook)
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Contents
Microalgae Cultivation Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yuan Kun Lee
1
Large-Scale Production of Algal Biomass: Raceway Ponds . . . . . . . . . . Yusuf Chisti
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Large-Scale Production of Algal Biomass: Photobioreactors . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Pruvost, Jean-François Cornet and Laurent Pilon
41
Commercial Production of Macroalgae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delin Duan
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Harvesting of Microalgal Biomass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xianhai Zeng, Xiaoyi Guo, Gaomin Su, Michael K. Danquah, Xiao Dong Chen, Lu Lin and Yinghua Lu
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Extraction and Conversion of Microalgal Lipids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abhishek Guldhe, Bhaskar Singh, Faiz Ahmad Ansari, Yogesh Sharma and Faizal Bux
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Techno-economics of Algal Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Tobias M. Louw, Melinda J. Griffiths, Sarah M.J. Jones and Susan T.L. Harrison Fuel Alcohols from Microalgae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Joshua T. Ellis and Charles D. Mille
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